Tuesday 25 June 2013

ICC Champions Trophy 2013



The ICC Champions Trophy is an elite event for the top eight nations in the ICC ODI Rankings. The event, formerly known as the ICC Knockout, has been held six times.

Winners of the competition include South Africa (1998), New Zealand (2000), Sri Lanka and India (2002), who were joint winners after the final was washed-out, West Indies (2004) and Australia (2006 and 2009).
The Champions Trophy 2013 Tournament was a part of Future Cricket Tour Programs (FTP) prepared by International Cricket Council (ICC). ICC Champions Trophy 2013 was an international cricket Tournament that organized by England. Champions Trophy 2013 was consist of 15 ODI matches that hosted by England. The ICC Champions Trophy 2013 Tournament was ended on Jun 23, 2013. The 2013 ICC Champions Trophy contested by eight Test teams which have been 'seeded' and divided into two groups were A and B.
Group A
England
Sri Lanka
New Zealand
Australia
Group B
India
South Africa
West Indies
Pakistan
From Group A England and Sri Lanka took place in play offs and from Group B India and South Africa took place in playoffs. In play offs England beat South Africa by 7 wickets and in second play off India beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets and got place in finals. In final India won the match and got ICC champions trophy 2013.





Ravinder Jadega (India) won the Golden ball as he took highest wickets 12 in the tournament.


Shikhar Dhawan was the player of the tournament with 363 runs.







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